potty training regression

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Latest post on 03 September 2011 - 20:53

I followed DD's lead in January/February when she decided it was time to stop wearing pampers. Of course she had the occasional accident but mostly because she left it too late and there would be just a few drop of pee in her panties by the time we got them off and her on the toilet.

2 months ago the twins arrived and was in hospital for a week because BabyB was in NICU. She came to me every day and we had a gift "from her brothers" waiting for her each time. When i was back home i made sure i played with her just the 2 of us every morning and also made sure that i was the one to bath her and put her to bed every night, as per our usual routine. On top of that she was kept busy with play dates and outings etc. Suddenly one day we had visitors and she was watching tv. She basically just pee'd on the sofa and sat in it without saying a word. This continued to happen until it got so bad that she is now back in pull ups all the time. We also have huge drama changing her pull ups and washing her.

I'm at my wits end. Its not getting better. Just the other day we went for mummy and daughter time to get our nails painted and she poo'd in her pull ups! When it started i didnt make a big deal of it. Washed and changed her and reminded her to tell me next time so we can do it on the toilet. Yesterday we went swimming and she wanted to wear her bikini. I told her she can't because she's wearing pull ups. Normally we have HUGE drama about not wearing her bikini for whatever the reason, but she just said ok! Tonight we were talking about her starting ballet classes because she wants to be like Angelina Ballerina. Told her maybe she cant do it if she's wearing pull ups because its a big girls class. She said ok!!!

Any tips?? She is 3 next month

Pancake26930

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Latest post on 07 September 2011 - 20:48

My son is 3 and 7 months and, whilst he isn't regressing as much as your daughter, I am getting fed up with slightly wet pants which need changing several times a day because he can't be bothered to go sooner. Someone suggested this which I am just starting to do now (so can't say if it's any good): Child gets a reward (1AED or a sticker or something) when they come and tell you straight away that they have had an accident. The aim is to diffuse the situation a bit and to take away the focus from "you must stay dry!" Like I said I haven't tried this fully myself yet but I like the idea as it is simply a different way to tackle an ongoing problem. Hope this helps.

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Catawba KSE

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Latest post on 03 September 2011 - 22:50

Our daughter was potty trained at 2 years. We had our second child when she was 2.5 years and she started peeing on the floor. As she'd been trained for 6 months I knew she could do it and that it was a reaction to the new baby. I went to a shop and bought lots of small gifts which I wrapped and put in a big basket. I told her that each day she went without an accident she could pick one of the gifts before bed. It only took 3 or 4 days before everything was back to normal. Before I had kids I always said I'd never bribe them but sometimes it works! Good luck.

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kiwispiers15400

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Latest post on 03 September 2011 - 21:14

It's probably not the case, but maybe double check she hasn't got a UTI, they're quite common with girls this age. I know a few people who've thought it was attention seeking and it turned out to be an infection, so good to rule it out by taking a urine sample down to be tested.

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